Justin Sayers has this article with the above headline in the Arizona Daily Star, the local paper.
Tucson voters overwhelmingly opted against the "sanctuary city" initiative, which would have limited the circumstances in which police officers could ask about immigration status.
The city clerk's unofficial results with all precincts reporting are, as of election night:
Yes: 23,562 28.60%
No: 58,820 71.40%
Tucson is a relatively liberal city in a relatively conservative state. Yet the "sanctuary" initiative went down in flames.
In reaction to the article linked above, local resident James Morrison wrote a letter to the editor, which reads, in its entirety, "Fortunately, Tucson voters have not lost their senses." Brevity remains the soul of wit.
Immigration is a complex topic, involving many areas in which reasonable people can and do differ. The notion of forbidding cooperation between local and federal law enforcement, though, is beyond the pale, in my opinion.
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